* Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote on Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:36:19PM CEST: > >>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> RW> OpenBSD /bin/sh aka /bin/ksh has an interesting bug: the second "false" > RW> in the script below wrongly causes the shell to exit, but not the first > RW> one, so "two" isn't printed. > RW> It doesn't matter if "false" is a builtin here, or replaced by an > RW> external process that happens to fail. Same issue with a "for" loop > RW> (but, surprisingly, not with an "until" loop). > > This looks like an issue similar to the one that caused this : Yep, in former times such bugs seem to have been more prevalent. > 2002-03-17 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * tests/dirforbid.test: Workaround for NetBSD sh bug. > Fixes PR automake/305. > > http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/automake/tests/dirforbid.test.diff?cvsroot=automake&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 > > http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=11542 > (I love the suggested "fix" on the initial submission :)) Yep. > RW> OK to apply these patches to Autoconf and Automake, respectively? > RW> Apologies to Alexandre for changing the same lines of depcomp[67].test > RW> for the third time; at least now I have a good reason to do so. ;-) > > Sure :) I've applied the Automake patch now too, thanks! Cheers, Ralf
